Youth Villages Summary

Families’ needs involve treating families with dignity and respect, no matter what the allegations against them are, and including them in decisions that affect them and their children. Also by using a strengths perspective with families as foster care workers work with them to determining intervention plans for their child(ren), and giving them the same access to resources and services s those available to foster parents. The operative goal of communities is to work with communities to protect children and support families and taking into consideration community safety issues when determining the intervention plan for a child and family.

CM conducted a face to face meeting for Kiara Gelin (youth) at the Jersey City Medical Center Partial Hospitalization Program. In attendance were Jasmine Alexander (CM) and Kiara (youth). CM and youth discuss therapeutic services; youth reported she enjoys attending the program. Youth admitted to using substances and noted she will stop. CM and youth discussed employment. Youth is a part-time employee at Honeygrow restaurant in Hoboken, NJ. CM explained to youth Hudson Partnership CMO contact policy. CM requested for caregiver to contact CM to schedule CFT meeting and to discuss services. CM provided youth with CM’s contact information to provide to caregiver.

I met Wendy in January of 2014. That year, my brother (who was 20 at the time), was due to “age out” of the foster care system. He was unprepared to lose the housing and assistance he relied on and I was unable to provide all he needed at that time. Upon hearing of our dilemma though a mutual acquaintance, the Lankford 's opened their home and their hearts to my brother and eventually welcomed him into their family through an informal adoption. Since being adopted, he has made remarkable positive strides in his emotional development, self efficacy, and outlook for his own future. The Lankford 's have given him the type of stable and nurturing home life, supportive role modeling, and loving family atmosphere that we as (future) educators hope all children and youths have available to them. Because of how she touched my brother’s life, Wendy was the first parent whom I thought to interview for this assignment. I was eager to learn

Working with children can be difficult and time consuming because you never know what is going on unless they allow you into their world. Children will only allow a stranger in if they are scared of someone, have trust, or they know you well. This can serve as a difficult situation when a child is the victim of abuse or neglect and the outcome can lead to a negative outcome for the future of the child’s lifespan. The areas will involve mental and physical issues, poor academic development, social behavior issues, and health problems. As a human service worker and a leader in the community rather it be

Her idea was to make sure that every child placed in the foster care system would receive appropriate care regardless of their background, past history or specific challenges. As part of their mission statement, this non-profit agency’s main focus is to recruit, train and support every family interested in adopting or fostering a child under Department of Child Safety’s (DCS) custody.

An OLR Research Report explains that if a program was used that “identifies parents of newborns who are at risk of abusing their children, provides home visits over an extended period by trained workers who help these parents deal with the stresses of parenthood, and offers links to community services,” it could ameliorate the foster care system by decreasing the number of potential foster children (cga.ct.gov 1998). If direct support was provided in homes of identified parents that leads them to intentional and effective resources, the outcomes for these children would promote

Since volunteering I have meet some admirable, nurturing, and complexed group of people who have devoted their careers to helping families in crucial situations. These group of inspiring people have influenced me in so many ways- especially everyone at the Juvenile Detention Center. When I look around in a room at a meeting for a case, I am absolutely amazed by the number of people that really want to actually help these children get back home or find a safe place to live and improve every aspect of that child’s family life. And we did even know these people but we are all here for the same coming good no one is against

I felt as though I had a setback upon my deferral from The University of Chicago. I decided to reevaluate my decision to apply to the school and truly decide if I could see myself as a student at the University. I began going back over the faculty, facilities, and extracurricular activities that are offered at the school. In addition, I looked over the notes I had written down during my interview with an alumnus. During my review, I learned more about the school such as the emphasis on the Core Curriculum and numerous opportunities for internships (my interviewer interned with President Obama!). After reevaluating, I have confirmed and strengthened my previous belief: I want to attend the University of Chicago.

There are children in our country that will be placed in the welfare system and fall victims to a destructive pattern of in-and-out moves between foster families. Studies have shown that children suffer from cognitive and social development in group care settings that do not offer at least one nurturing, permanent relationship with a caregiver. By failing to support existing relationships that young children in the system have developed, we will struggle with the long-term consequences of their deviant behavior that will cost the country billions of dollars and create a group of adults unable to surpass their past trauma. One of many solutions will be to help foster families and recruit others – including close relatives of affected children – to take on the responsibility of being there for this particular youth group; likewise, an adequate training regimen designed to assist foster families can be applied to cultivate a healthier household climate, as well as financial incentives to boost parent involvement and provide children with better chances of

I have volunteer experience working with adolescents and young adults during my internships while receiving my degrees in social work. I did case management at both Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD) and Community Supportive Living (CSL), in which I partnered with adolescents and young adults to navigate the paperwork related to Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP and Housing Authority to receive

This paper will cover the advocation of access to services to my clients throughout my internship at the Family Resource Center; specifically in the Child Advocacy department. As well, the paper will outline where I have done so throughout the internship, including the outcomes of my support (positive and negative consequences, what I would do differently, and my use of supervision and consultation), and my thought and feelings about my skills and competence.

As a social service worker, I have found myself working with individuals from an organization called Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth (SAFY). This community service provider is a leading national nonprofit organization that provides a full continuum of services for children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. SAFY is an organization that can be found not only in Kentucky but also in Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada, and South Carolina. Their mission is to work towards preserving families and securing families. Their vision: to be a national leader in the provision of community based care resulting in permanency and wellbeing for families and youth. (SAFY)

After carefully reviewing the media presentation, I chose to focus on Maurice Williams who is the program director for the human life center. Mr. Williams stated that his main concern as a director is making sure that foster parents are not calling the hotline stating that they will like the foster child to be removed out of their home immediately. An issue that Mr. Williams stated that he having now in as a director is the demand of more children. He believes that the lack of children in the program is a very big issue and he would like to created programs that can help bring more children. In order for his program to grow he will need to have more clients, which mean that his program is ran and operated.

The passion I have to watch others progress does not end on the soccer or softball fields. I am a residential counselor in an adolescent trauma treatment program, with the Family Service of Rhode Island team, guiding and encouraging clients’ recovery from the negative effects of their experiences. The opportunity to serve as a mentor to adolescents was a goal I had set for myself, after facing many obstacles as an adolescent who left home by age sixteen. Nevertheless, overcame those obstacles, despite the lack of guidance and support, I received from

The youth who are being sent to these programs are coming from all different backgrounds of race, gender, and class in particular. These youth tend to be children who have either not had enough rules growing up or too many, and they have found their own ways to resist society, especially in the face of their parents, and have been sent to these places to get help. Family life has changed